Why the study?
Are individual health beliefs associated with risk factors for coronary heart disease in middle-aged men?
Population
453 middle-aged men from a random sample invited to a health check-up in an urban primary care district in…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Health beliefs link to CHD risk behaviors in cross-sectional data; hypothesis-generating and requires longitudinal trials before informing care.
Are individual health beliefs associated with risk factors for coronary heart disease in middle-aged men?
Individual health beliefs are significantly associated with previous health-related experiences and cardiovascular risk behaviors in middle-aged men.
Troein et al. (1997) studied this question.
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